IDEA #369: A History of Graphic Design in Japan: 1990-2014

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Most of Idea #369 is devoted to the feature “A History of Graphic Design in Japan: 1990-2014″ – a visual chronolofy of the development of Japanese graphic design over the past decade and a half. This issue is an absolute must for anyone interested in contemporary Japanese graphic design. The issue also contains the history of Japanese ‘zines, as well as an excellent bilingual feature on contemporary Asian graphic designers – this time featuring the work of Korean designer Na Kim (Graphic).

[Series 1] All we know about Japanese Zines Vol. 2
ZINES in the 90s―The World Before Google, Part One
Text by Barbora and Momo Nonaka
Design by Keita Mori (Shinichi Sekine’s Working Room)
Photo: Takashi Shima

[Series 2] Age of Inforgraphics Vol.3
[Diagram and Statistics] Design of Understanding―The Adventure in the 20th Century

Two Experiments; Standardization and Verbalisation
Text and Design by Yasuhito Nagahara